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by Paul Downey
21 Mar 2020, 14:46
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking For An Exit Strategy
Replies: 6
Views: 3239

Looking For An Exit Strategy

I feel the situation you are all in would jump into sharp focus if you used the prism of exit strategies. As a young Engineer in the late 1960’s, working in long range motorway modelling, it was clear that within 40 years more and more energy would be required to find and exploit new energy source...
by Paul Downey
17 Dec 2019, 18:30
Forum: Government and Society
Topic: Is aTurn Your Back philosophy workable?
Replies: 10
Views: 6713

"I now despise our central and local government" Back in 1971, in my first job, I was hauled before the Assistant County Surveyor (Traffic) for refusing to alter some projected traffic flows on a section of the proposed M54 in Staffordshire. In the office the talk was that the County Surve...
by Paul Downey
02 May 2018, 13:32
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How About This For Some Light Relief
Replies: 13
Views: 3964

How About This For Some Light Relief

I have always had an interest in the English language from the perspective of a bystander. I'm lucky in that I've never really needed to use it, on leaving education I was more or less a maths monoglot though I could also speak a bit of Fortran IV. My particular interest centres on if anyone, anywhe...